Note that node Names are case sensitive.

diff --git a/doc/tinc.conf.5.in b/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
index 77b42c2a175ac3336978d9d1e1425d00f13b5b97..da2cc302ee21b3e2cf700c2a53175a3a808564ac 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
+++ b/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ while no routing table is managed.
 .It Va Name Li = Ar name Bq required
 This is the name which identifies this tinc daemon.
 It must be unique for the virtual private network this daemon will connect to.
-The Name may only consist of alphanumeric and underscore characters.
+The Name may only consist of alphanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _), and is case sensitive.
 If 
 .Va Name
 starts with a

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
index 6301388bf66579bb0aaf1961dcc1084302150145..70045df001df194577d9f143b5c97a1bd54a3145 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.texi
+++ b/doc/tinc.texi
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ This only has effect when Mode is set to "switch".
 @cindex Name
 @item Name = <@var{name}> [required]
 This is a symbolic name for this connection.
-The name should consist only of alfanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _).
+The name should consist only of alfanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _), and is case sensitive.
 
 If Name starts with a $, then the contents of the environment variable that follows will be used.
 In that case, invalid characters will be converted to underscores.